{"id":1418,"date":"2020-07-22T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kezzabeth.co.uk\/?p=3647"},"modified":"2020-07-22T07:30:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T07:30:00","slug":"diy-fitting-a-window-in-our-victorian-basement-cellar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twitsguides.co.uk\/diy-fitting-a-window-in-our-victorian-basement-cellar\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Fitting A Window In Our Victorian Basement Cellar"},"content":{"rendered":"


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We knew our cellar once had a window, in fact, it once had two! But unfortunately for us, both have been removed and bricked up, which meant our basement had ZERO natural light. NONE! OK I lie, you could kinda see a small speck of daylight through the smallest of cracks underneath our front door, but that was about it. We knew fitting a window in the basement was something we wanted to do, so I thought I\u2019d share a little post on how it all unfolded!<\/p>\n

First things first: where does the window go and what does an underground window look at? Well, it goes here.<\/p>\n

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And essentially, it looks at nothing. A very weird concept, I know! Our basement cellar is fully underground and so the window will be virtually invisible from above unless you\u2019re stood right on top of it looking down.<\/p>\n

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Adding a window back into our Victorian basement \/ cellar won\u2019t give us any views, and it won\u2019t even give us much sunlight, it will simply showcase a brick wall. Intrigued? You\u2019ll see what I mean. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

The reason we wanted to add a window back, however, was 50% for some daylight (Any amount of daylight is better than none!!) and 50% for fresh air. FRESH AIR. The ability to open a window and breathe in the outside world! Oh, what a luxury.<\/p>\n

As our cellar currently has ZERO ventilation, it\u2019s an incredibly stale environment. Think 100 years of stuffy air that can\u2019t escape. There\u2019s only one single vent and no way to circulate the air down here.<\/p>\n

So fitting a window back in the basement will hopefully freshen the space up, make it feel less dark and dingy, and hopefully, it\u2019ll be a small step to it becoming a nicer place to be within.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re interested in how we installed our uPVC sash windows<\/a>, then check out this post for all the info on that!<\/p>\n

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links, which allows me to receive a small commission if you visit a link and buy something on my recommendation. Purchasing via an affiliate link doesn\u2019t cost you any extra, and I only recommend products I have bought or used myself.<\/em> Affiliate links are marked with an asterisk (*).<\/em><\/p>\n

Uncovering the Window Well<\/h3>\n

So, the first thing we needed to do was uncover the \u2018well\u2019 at the front of the house where the window will go. Unlike the rest of the street which has a metal grate, ours was fully covered. We thought our original Victorian cellar grate was long gone, but actually it turned out the cover was just bolted over the top, with the original underneath.<\/p>\n